Lucian of Samosata, Herodotus, Kenneth Kilburn (Translator), 2

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[2] By this time he was much better known than the Olympic victors themselves. There was no one who had not heard the name of Herodotus—some at Olympia itself, others from those who brought the story back from the festival. He had only to appear and he was pointed out: “That is that Herodotus who wrote the tale of the Persian Wars in Ionic and celebrated our victories.” Such were the fruits of his Histories. In a single meeting he won the universal approbation of all Greece and his name was proclaimed not indeed just by one herald but in every city that had sent spectators to the festival.

Herodotus. Lucian of Samosata. Kenneth Kilburn (Translator). Medford, MA. Perseus 5.0.

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Herodotus or Aëtion (English) (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, translator. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).)

Editions (2)

Ἡρόδοτος ἢ Ἀετίων Perseus (Lucian. Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol. 1. Jacobitz, Karl, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1909.) — 2 focus

[2] ἤδη οὖν ἅπαντες αὐτον ᾔδεσαν πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς Ὀλυμπιονίκας αύτούς· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις ἀνήκοος ἦν τοῦ Ἡροδότου ονοματος, οἱ μὲν αὐτοὶ ἀκούσαντες ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, οἱ δὲ τῶν ἐκ τῆς πανηγύρεως ἡκόντων πυνθανόμενοι, καὶ εἰ πού γε φανείη μόνον, ἐδείκνυτο ἂν τῷ δακτύλῳ, Οὗτος ἐκεῖνος Ἡρόδοτός ἐστιν ὁ τὰς μάχας τὰς Περσικὰς Ἰαστὶ συγγεγραφώς, ὁ τὰς νίκας ἡμῶν ὑμνήσας. τοιαῦτα ἐκεῖνος 834 ἀπέλαυσε τῶν ἱστοριῶν, ἐν μιᾷ συνόδῳ πάνδημόν τινα καὶ κοινὴν ψῆφον τῆς Ἑλλάδος λαβὼν καὶ ἀνακηρυχθεὶς οὐχ ὑφʼ ἑνὸς μὰ Δία κήρυκος, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἁπάσῃ πόλει, ὅθεν ἕκαστος ἦν τῶν πανηγυριστῶν.

Ἡρόδοτος ἢ Ἀετίων Perseus (Lucian, Vol. 6. Kilburn, Kenneth, editor. London: William Heinemann, Ltd.; Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1959 (unrenewed copyright).) — 2 focus

[2] Ἤδη οὖν ἅπαντες αὐτὸν ᾔδεσαν πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺς Ὀλυμπιονίκας αὐτούς. καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὅστις ἀνήκοος ἦν τοῦ Ἡροδότου ὀνόματος—οἱ μὲν αὐτοὶ ἀκούσαντες ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ, οἱ δὲ τῶν ἐκ τῆς πανηγύρεως ἡκόντων πυνθανόμενοι· καὶ εἴ πού γε φανείη μόνον, ἐδείκνυτο ἂν τῷ δακτύλῳ, Οὗτος ἐκεῖνος Ἡρόδοτός ἐστιν ὁ τὰς μάχας τὰς Περσικὰς Ἰαστὶ συγγεγραφώς, ὁ τὰς νίκας ἡμῶν ὑμνήσας. τοιαῦτα ἐκεῖνος ἀπέλαυσε τῶν ἱστοριῶν, ἐν μιᾷ συνόδῳ πάνδημόν τινα καὶ κοινὴν ψῆφον τῆς Ἑλλάδος λαβὼν καὶ ἀνακηρυχθεὶς οὐχ ὑφ' ἑνὸς μὰ Δία κήρυκος, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἁπάσῃ πόλει, ὅθεν ἕκαστος ἦν τῶν πανηγυριστῶν.

Translations (1)

Herodotus and Aetion Perseus (The Works of Lucian of Samosata, Vol. 2. Fowler, Henry Watson and Fowler, Francis George, translators. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1905.) — 2 focus

[2] He was straightway known to all, better far than the Olympic winners, There was no man who had not heard his name; they had listened to him at Olympia, or they were told of him by those who had been there; he had only to appear, and fingers were pointing at him: ‘There is the great Herodotus, who wrote the Persian War in Ionic, and celebrated our victories.’ That was what he made out of his Histories; a single meeting sufficed, and he had the general unanimous acclamation of all Greece; his name was proclaimed, not by a single herald; every spectator did that for him, each in his own city.

Lucian of Samosata Herodotus 2

Kenneth Kilburn (Translator)

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